Media studies Books
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Follow Me, Akhi: The Online World of British
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be Muslim in Britain today? If the media is anything to go by, it has something to do with mosques, community leaders, whether you wear a veil, and your views on religious extremists. But as all our lives become increasingly entwined with our online presence, British Islam has evolved into a multidimensional cultural identity that goes well beyond the confines of the mosque. Entering a world of memes and influencers, Muslim dating apps, and alt-right Islamophobes, Hussein Kesvani reveals how a new generation of young Muslims who have grown up with the internet are using social media to determine their religious identity on their own terms--something that could change the course of ‘British Islam’ forever.Trade Review'A detailed and often witty journey through the online areas where Muslims congregate . . . Kesvani delivers a tableau of British Muslims wrestling with subjects ranging from clean eating and marriage to LGBT and gender rights.' * The Observer *'The book's scope is impressive.''Follow Me, Akhi provides an important first case study into the struggles of British Islamic identity, exploring how a new generation of young Muslims are using the internet to determine identity on their own terms.''A fascinating and compelling look at the impact of the internet on the lives of British Muslims. Kesvani is a funny, passionate and wise narrator, and his book is a brilliant meditation on how our online selves shape our mores and identities.' -- Nikesh Shukla, editor of 'The Good Immigrant''A superbly engaging book, unparalleled in its urgency and insight. Not only has Kesvani taken a forensic look at the online lives of British Muslims, but he has also crafted a terminology with which to speak about a culturally significant moment in British history.' -- Guy Gunaratne, author of 'In Our Mad and Furious City''Kesvani's personal quest is relentlessly curious as well as compassionate. This book gives us an unparalleled insight into the digital lives of young Muslims in Britain today.' -- Shelina Janmohamed, author of 'Generation M: Young Muslims Changing the World''Deeply researched, surprising and considerate. It portrays the online world of British Muslims as diverse, rich and fraught – but above all else innovative, exciting and criminally under-reported.' -- New Statesman
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd The Violent Image: Insurgent Propaganda and the
Book SynopsisFast-moving, self- propelled 'violent images' have radically changed the nature of insurgency in the modern world. The global media has revolutionised the way ideas, messages and images are disseminated, and the speed with which they travel. First satellite TV, then laptops and the Internet, and now mobile phones and social media have transformed the way we communicate, collapsing time and distance. Rebels who hope to overthrow states or to build transnational, ideological communities, have adopted these dynamic technologies. But they have also learned the key lesson: in a visual world, the power of the image has supplanted that of the written word. Neville Bolt investigates how today's revolutionaries have rejuvenated the nineteenth century 'propaganda of the deed' so that terrorism no longer simply goads states into overreacting, thereby losing legitimacy. The deed has become a tool to highlight the underlying grievances of communities. Pictures of 9/11, 7/1 and Abu Ghraib are today's weapon of choice. The Violent Image explores what happens in the 'moment of shock'; how emotive pictures attach to messages, causing populations to rise up in anger. From the Fenians to the Taliban to the Arab Spring we learn how insurgents have adapted the way they use violence to tell stories and effect social change. In the 'war of ideas', the new revolutionaries aim to set in motion surges of support that spread virally through global networks at such speed that states can no longer defend their own strategic narratives. Have we now reached the point where insurgents and populations are driving images and ideas so fast, that a new era of revolutionary politics is already upon us?Trade Review'The Violent Image is an important book. It gives a powerful, thoughtful and insightful account into one of the defining features of our time; how the media and the image have become the central battleground for all insurgent campaigns.' * Gavin Hewitt, BBC *'Neville Bolt provides not only a compelling historical overview of terrorist and insurgent propaganda over the past century, but also a convincing analysis of present-day revolutions and the way that insurgents and terrorists interact with diasporas in a globalized digital world. The Violent Image is a must-read for all serious students of insurgency and revolution.' * David Kilcullen, author of The Accidental Guerilla and Counterinsurgency *'The Violent Image is an insightful and eminently readable examination of how terrorists and insurgents exploit new channels of communication to compete in the battle of perceptions with states. Neville Bolt argues that terrorists use violent images and carefully designed narratives to force their message into the public domain. Indeed, their skilful use of both digital technologies and traditional media outlets not only attracts attention to their cause but also helps to recruit and mobilise their followers. This meticulously researched and compelling book will be indispensable to scholars and practitioners who are interested in how terrorists use the Internet and social media.' * Marc Genest Professor of Public Diplomacy and Co-Director of the Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups at the U.S. Naval War College *'Elegantly written and a pleasure to read, it invites the reader on a fairly wild ride, from the Fenians to the Taliban, from print media to social media and back. Bolt's work makes a big argument in a small package, densely researched yet readable. Most important, he says something new in a field that desperately needs it.' * David J. Betz, Senior Lecturer, Department of War Studies, King's College London *'This is a highly original work which places communication and imagery at the heart of modern conflicts. I know of no other similar work which traces the integration of imagery and its production within the strategic framework of insurgency; no other book has mapped so completely the way images contribute to narratives, their essentiality to the insurgent's cause and how well insurgents have come to understand and exploit this'. * Professor Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Communications, Queen Mary London *'A lucid, deep, and highly informative analysis of the evolution of political violence. Highly recommended.' * Choice *
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Legend Press Ltd China's Media in the Emerging World Order
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Headline Publishing Group Who Owns This Sentence?: A History of Copyrights
Book SynopsisCopyright is everywhere. Your smartphone incorporates thousands of items of intellectual property. Someone owns the reproduction rights to photographs of your dining table. At this very moment, battles are raging over copyright in the output of artificial intelligence programs. Not only books but wallpaper, computer programs and cuddly toys are now deemed to be intellectual properties - making copyright a labyrinthine construction of laws, covering almost all products of human creativity.Copyright has its roots in eighteenth-century London, where it was first established to limit printers' control of books. Principled arguments against copyright arose from the start and nearly abolished it in the nineteenth century. But a handful of little-noticed changes in the late twentieth century concentrated ownership of immaterial goods into very few hands. Who Owns This Sentence? is an often-humorous and always-enlightening cultural, legal, and global history of the idea that intangible things can be owned, and makes a persuasive case for seeing copyright as an engine of inequality in the twenty-first century.Trade ReviewFascinating ... Bellos and Montagu have extracted an enormous amount of fun out of their subject, and have sauced their sardonic and playful prose with buckets full of meticulously argued bile -- Simon Ings * The Telegraph *David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu's surprisingly sprightly history "Who Owns This Sentence?" arrives with uncanny timing ... The authors' chapters are short but their reach, like the arm of the law itself, is long. -- Alexandra Jacobs * New York Times *A fascinating new look at the patchwork chaos called copyright ... Not just authors, but artists in many media, scientists, mathematicians and every one of us with our own unique individual faces .... should read this book -- Anne Margaret Daniel * Spectator *Lively, opinionated, and ultra-timely -- Louis Menand * New Yorker *From the British Statute of Anne in 1710, which granted meagre rights to authors but more to publishers, to those looming AI battles on IP's "haziest frontier", the book maps the ever expanding empire of copyright ... [a] robust and readable polemic history -- Boyd Tonkin * Financial Times *The field of copyright has been full of dramatic turns ... Mr Bellos and Mr Montagu argue that copyright has gone from a right that favours creators to something more akin to a privilege for the rich and powerful. * Economist *David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu explain how copyright became an invisible economic architecture that governs not just vital matters such as royalties, but also ephemera such as commercial trademarks and medical patents ... As this thoughtful book shows, copyright law has been revised and rewritten according to changing needs -- Dominic Green * Wall Street Journal *An astute survey of ever-evolving proprietorship laws ... a surprisingly accessible recounting of the major twists and turns - and there are many! - surrounding this topic -- Mariko Hewer * Washington Independent Review of Books *A gimlet-eyed analysis of a system that protects a corporate status quo at the expense of independent invention * Kirkus Reviews *A gripping detective story, a flamboyant intellectual history, and a passionate manifesto for creative freedom ... You'll never think about copyright in the same way again * Fara Dabhoiwala, historian and senior research scholar, Princeton University *One good life option is to just read everything David Bellos has ever written * Guardian *Bellos and Montagu reveal the patchwork of laws, norms, and assumptions that have transformed ideas into property. Copyright is no longer just about authors and the right to benefit from their work, but about big business and even bigger profits. Theirs is a compelling call to address the privatization of the global imagination * Emily Drabinski, President, American Library Association *In this madcap history from Plato to Donald Duck, from feudal Europe to Facebook, David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu have written the definitive account of where copyright came from and why it looks the way it does. Who Owns This Sentence? belongs on the bookshelf of every creator, producer, policymaker, and consumer * Jason Mazzone, Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Professor of Law, University of Illinois *We often think of copyright as a form of justice, a means of ensuring that creators rather than pirates of works receive whatever compensation is on offer. This witty, informed and timely book urgently invites us to think otherwise. Copyright, the authors tell us, 'means more than it ever did before.' It takes in books, films, sheet music, computer programs and many other inventions, and yet it in the end 'it is an edifice of words.' This detailed history makes very lively reading, and also encourages action, since we could, if we wished, use different words * Michael Wood, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Emeritus, Princeton University *The story of copyright has many moving parts: history, literature, economics, politics, policy, and technology. Each element gets a closeup in this expertly told story of the evolution of copyright. In a time when billions of words are used to train AI models, this engaging and instructive book tells how different eras and countries have struggled with the challenge of defining ownership of texts * James T. Hamilton, Hearst Professor of Communication, Stanford University *Copyright is often defended as an immutable concept handed down through the generations, but this brisk and entertaining history outlines the truth of its complicated history, and illuminates the ways in which it has increasingly been weaponized by contemporary corporations. A gem of narrative nonfiction with wide appeal, bound to be especially savored by anyone with a stake in the future ofintellectual property * Stephanie Anderson, LibraryReads Board Member *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Television Genre Book
Book SynopsisIn this new edition of The Television Genre Book, leading international scholars have come together to offer an accessible and comprehensive update to the debates, issues and concerns of the field. As television continues to evolve rapidly, this new edition reflects the ways in which TV has transformed in recent years, particularly with the emergence of online streaming services such as Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max and Amazon Prime. It also includes a new chapter on sports TV, and expanded coverage of horror, political thrillers, Nordic noir, historical documentary and docu-drama. With analyses of popular shows like Stranger Things, Killing Eve, The Crown, Chernobyl, Black Mirror, Fleabag, Breaking Bad and RuPaul’s Drag Race, this book offers a comprehensive understanding of television genre for scholars and students alike.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors I Introduction: What Is Genre? · Genre Theory - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) · Studying Genre - Steve Neale (Kent University, UK) · Television And Genre - Steve Neale (Kent University, UK) · Genre Development: Henri Focillon’s Four Stages Of Evolution - Terry Bailey (University of East London, UK) · The Uses And Limitations Of Genre - Graeme Turner (Queensland University, Australia) · Genre, Hybridity And Mutation - Graeme Turner (Queensland University, Australia) · Stranger Things - Lisa Richards (Aberystwyth University, UK) · Genre And Format - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) · Genre Study: Beyond The Text - Jason Mittell (Middlebury College, USA) · Genre And Streaming - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) II Drama 1. Studying Television Drama - Robin Nelson (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK) 2. The Crime Series - Mareike Jenner (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) · Breaking Bad - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) · Peaky Blinders - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) · The Detective Series - Mareike Jenner (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) · Dexter - Mareike Jenner (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) · Sherlock - Mareike Jenner (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) & Lisa Richards (Aberystwyth University, UK) 3. The Police Procedural - Lez Cooke (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK) · The Wire - Mareike Jenner (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) · Hawaii Five-0 - Mareike Jenner (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) 4. Nordic Noir - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) · Broadchurch - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) 5. The Action Series - Toby Miller (Loughborough University, UK) · Homeland - Lisa Richards (Aberystwyth University, UK) · Killing Eve - Lisa Richards (Aberystwyth University, UK) & Stephanie Jones (Aberystwyth University, UK) 6. Teen Drama - Rachel Moseley (Warwick University, UK) · Glee - Rachel Moseley (Warwick University, UK) · Sex Education - Lisa Richards (Aberystwyth University, UK) 7. Hospital Drama - Jason Jacobs (Queensland University, Australia) · Grey’s Anatomy - Mareike Jenner (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) · House, M.D. - Mareike Jenner (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) 8. Drama-Documentary - John Corner (Leeds University, UK) · Chernobyl - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) · The Crown - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) 9. Costume Drama - Robin Nelson (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK) · Jane Austin Adaptations - Robin Nelson (Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK) · Downton Abbey - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) 10. Telefantasy - Catherine Johnson (Huddersfield University, UK) · Game Of Thrones - Helen Wheatley (Warwick University, UK) · Black Mirror - Brian Faucette (Kansas University, USA) 11. Science Fiction - Luke Hockley (Bedfordshire University, UK) · Doctor Who - Matt Hills (Huddersfield University, UK) · Westworld - Laura Stephenson (South Wales University, UK) 12. Horror Tv - James Rendell (South Wales University, UK) · American Horror Story - James Rendell (South Wales University, UK) 13. Comic Book Adaptations - Brian Faucette (Kansas University, USA) · The Flash - Brian Faucette (Kansas University, USA) · Wandavision - Morgan Genevieve Blue (Independent Researcher, UK) III Soap Opera 14. Studying Soap Opera - Anna Mccarthy (New York University, USA) · Dallas - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) 15. Realism And Soap Opera - Anna Mccarthy (New York University, USA) · Eastenders - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) 16. Soap Operas And Their Audiences - John Tulloch (Glasgow University, UK) 17. The Telenovela - Thomas Tufte (Johannesburg University, South Africa) 18. Brazilian Telenovelas - Thomas Tufte (Johannesburg University, South Africa) IV Comedy 19. Studying Comedy - Brett Mills (University of East Anglia, UK) 20. Humour Theory - Brett Mills (University of East Anglia, UK) 21. Comedy And ‘Child-Directed Speech’ - Ian Wilkie (Salford University, UK) 22. The Sketch Show - Steve Neale (Kent University, UK) · Monty Python’s Flying Circus - Steve Neale (Kent University, UK) 23. Stand-Up Comedy - Ian Wilkie (Salford University, UK) 24. Situation Comedy, Part 1 - John Hartley (Sydney University, Australia) · The Unruly Woman Sitcom - Jane Feuer (Pittsburgh University, USA) · Fleabag - Laura Stephenson (South Wales University, UK) 25. Situation Comedy, Part 2 - Jane Feuer (Pittsburgh University, USA) 26. The ‘Gay’ And ‘Queer’ Sitcom - Jane Feuer (Pittsburgh University, USA) · Will And Grace - Jane Feuer (Pittsburgh University, USA) 27. Contemporary Sitcom:‘Comedy Vérité’ - Brett Mills (University of East Anglia, UK) · The Office - Brett Mills (University of East Anglia, UK) 28. The Panel Show - Brett Mills (University of East Anglia, UK) · Qi - Brett Mill (University of East Anglia, UK) V Children’s Television 29. Children’s Television As Genre - Jason Mittell (Middlebury College, USA) 30. Studying Children’s Television - Máire Messenger Davies · Horrible Histories - Lisa Richards (Aberystwyth University, UK) 31. The Child Audience - Máire Messenger Davies 32. Pre-Schoolers: A Special Audience - Máire Messenger Davies · Sesame Street - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) 33. Moral Panics - Paul Wells (Loughborough University, UK) · Teletubbies - Paul Wells (Loughborough University, UK) 34. Children And Advertising - Merris Griffiths · Disney & Children’s Television - Morgan Genevieve Blue VI News 35. Studying Television News - Justin Lewis · ‘The Propaganda Model Of News’: Herman And Chomsky - Justin Lewis · The Glasgow Media Group - Jackie Harrison (Sheffield University, UK) 36. Analysing Television News - Justin Lewis · How To Analyse A Tv News Programme - John Hartley (Sydney University, Australia) 37. Constructing News Values - Jackie Harrison (Sheffield University, UK) · Gatekeeper Studies - Jackie Harrison (Sheffield University, UK) 38. Objectivity And Television News – Jackie Harrison (Sheffield University, UK) · The Aesthetics Of Twenty-Four-Hour News - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) · The BBC And Impartiality - Jackie Harrison (Sheffield University, UK) 39. The Globalisation Of Television News – John Hartley (Sydney University, Australia) · Cable News Network (CNN) - John Hartley (Sydney University, Australia) 40. Citizen Journalism - Jackie Harrison (Sheffield University, UK) · Al-Jazeera - Jackie Harrison (Sheffield University, UK) 41. Tv News And The Internet - Rod Munday VII Documentary 42. Studying Documentary - John Corner (Leeds University, UK) · Big Fat Gypsy Weddings - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) 43. Form And Content In Documentary Study - John Corner (Leeds University, UK) 44. Documentary Realism - John Corner (Leeds University, UK) 45. Observational (‘Fly-On-The-Wall’) Documentary - Stella Bruzzi 46. Natural History Programming - Brett Mills (University of East Anglia, UK) · Planet Earth - Brett Mills (University of East Anglia, UK) 47. The Travelogue - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) 48. Netflix And True Crime Documentaries - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) VIII Reality TV 49. Introduction - Jon Dovey (UWE Bristol, UK) · Love Island - Stephanie Clayton (East Anglia University, UK) 50. Studying Reality Tv - Annette Hill (Lund University, Sweden) · Audiences And Reality Tv - Annette Hill (Lund University, Sweden) 51. Docusoaps - Stella Bruzzi (University College London, UK) 52. Reality Talent Shows · Strictly Come Dancing - Annette Hill (Lund University, Sweden) · Rapaul’s Drag Race - Stephanie Clayton (East Anglia University, UK) 53. Constructed Reality Shows - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) · The Only Way Is Essex - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) 54. Makeover Shows - Annette Hill (Lund University, Sweden) · The Great British Bake Off - Lisa Richards (Aberystwyth University, UK) IX Sport 55. Studying Sport - Rod Brookes (Cardiff University, UK) · The Super Bowl - Rod Brookes (Cardiff University, UK) 56. Tv And Sport: A Symbiotic Realtionship - Richard Haynes (Stirling University, UK) · Snooker - Richard Haynes (Stirling University, UK) 57. Tv Sport Documentaries - Dan Ward (Sunderland University, UK) · O.J.: Made In America - Dan Ward (Sunderland University, UK) 58. Sport News - Richard Haynes (Stirling University, UK) · Gillet Soccer Saturday - Richard Haynes (Stirling University, UK) 59. Professional Wrestling - Thomas Alcott (Aberystwyth University, UK) · Hybrid Sport - Dan Ward (Sunderland University, UK) X Animation 60. Studying Animation - Paul Wells (Loughborough University, UK) 61. Tv Animation: A Brief Overview - Paul Wells (Loughborough University, UK) · Tv Anime And Japanese Aesthetics - Paul Wells (Loughborough University, UK) 62. Children’s Cartoons - Paul Wells (Loughborough University, UK) · Cartoon Controversies - Paul Wells (Loughborough University, UK) · Disney+ & The Status Of Animation – Paul Wells (Loughborough University, UK) 63. Adult Animation - K. J. Donnelly (Southampton University, UK) · Adult Swim - Paul Wells (Loughborough University, UK) · Bojack Horseman - Paul Wells (Loughborough University, UK) XI Popular Entertainment 64. The Populist Debate - Toby Miller (Loughborough University, UK) 65. The Quiz Show - William Boddy (Pennsylvania University, USA) · Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? - William Boddy (Pennsylvania University, USA) 66. The Celebrity Talk Show - Jane Shattuc (Emerson College, USA) · The Tonight Show - Jane Shattuc (Emerson College, USA) 67. The Confessional Talk Show - Jane Shattuc (Emerson College, USA) · The Oprah Winfrey Show - Jane Shattuc (Emerson College, USA) 68. Music On Television - K. J. Donnelly (Southampton University, UK) · Music Television (MTV) - K. J. Donnelly (Southampton University, UK) 69. Religious Television - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) 70. Ordinary Television - Frances Bonner (Queensland University, Australia) 71. Daytime Tv - John Hartley (Sydney University, Australia) 72. Advertising - Daniel Chandler (Aberystwyth University, UK) · The Levi’s 501 ‘Launderette’ Commercial - Daniel Chandler (Aberystwyth University, UK) · QVC - Glen Creeber (Aberystwyth University, UK) Conclusion: Genre, Streaming And Contemporary Tv - Mareike Jenner (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Cinema's Melodramatic Celebrity: Film, Fame, and
Book SynopsisChallenging the study of both celebrity and the cinema, Mandy Merck argues that modern fame and film melodrama are part of the same worldview, one that cannot resolve the relation of personal worth to social esteem. Tracing the history of this conundrum back to the philosophy of the 17th century and the theatre of the 18th, she demonstrates its convergence in stage melodrama and its intensification in the Hollywood star system. Are today’s celebrities worth our attention? In that demand for judgement and the hope for its visual guidance, the melodramatic imagination survives – permeating not only fiction film, but documentary, the artist’s film, and our self-exhibition on social media. Examining a range of classical and contemporary films from Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (1931) to Laura Poitras’s Citizenfour (2014) , the many remakes of A Star Is Born, the compulsory exhibitionism of political celebrity and the unmasking of whistle-blowers, Merck illustrates the ways in which the cinema constantly restages the moral evaluation of prominent individuals, whether they are actors, artists, politicians or activists.Trade ReviewIt was an exhilarating read, in its hugely impressive range of references, the unexpected connections it made, and the wide range of films it considered. This is a major study which advances the theorization of melodrama, celebrity culture, and the relationship between the two. -- Sue Thornham, Professor of Media and Film Studies , University of Sussex, UKHere is one of the most astute uses of melodrama theory to analyze popular fiction film, documentary, and television as well as events in popular circulation to have been produced in recent years. It is a work of subtle wit and sharp insight that carries over a tradition at the same time that it supplements it significantly. -- Jane Gaines, Professor of Film, University of Columbia, USAMandy Merck’s exploration of the charms and pitfalls of a self-worth to be gained through the public attention celebrity affords in our media saturated culture is truly an eye-opener. Witty yet scrupulous in its analysis of texts ranging from Rousseau’s theatrical melodrama Pygmalion to Dreiser’s stardom novel Sister Carrie, from the renown tramp in Chaplin’s City Lights to royal prestige in Frears’ The Queen, and culminating in the news notoriety of former congressman Anthony Weiner and whistleblower Edward Snowden, it dissects the long cultural history that has made fame such an interesting thing – on the page, the stage, the screen and in politics. -- Elisabeth Bronfen, author of Crossmappings. On Visual CultureTable of ContentsTOC List of Figures Acknowledgements 1. Personal Worth and Public Attention 2. The Drama of a Recognition: City Lights 3. Imitations of Celebrity 4. Women’s Pictures 5. Melotrauma 6. Melodrama, Celebrity, The Queen 7. Home from the Hill: Weiner 8. Unmasked: Hacktivism, Anonymity and Celebrity Notes References Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Reading the L Word
Book Synopsis"The L Word" captured international attention when it first appeared on American screens in January 2004. The groundbreaking primetime drama from Showtime is about a group of lesbian and bisexual friends living and loving in Los Angeles, and challenges traditional notions of relationships, queer life styles, gender identities, race and ethnicity and sex and sexuality. "Reading the L Word" is the first book about this television phenomenon. With an introduction by Sarah Warn, the founder of premier lesbian entertainment website, AfterEllen.com, and a foreword by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, the collection brings together leading academics, feminist critics, scholars and award-winning journalists to discuss "The L Word". There is also a complete episode guide, as well as a series of interviews with the actors Erin Daniels, Katherine Moennig, and the writer, Guinevere Turner. Analytical, often humorous and sometimes provocative, "Reading the L Word" uncovers what makes this show both so compelling and groundbreaking.Trade Review'A must-read book about the must-see lesbian sex drama that everybody loves but some love to hate.' --Jane Feuer 'Interesting and provocative.'- TLS
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Reading 24: TV Against the Clock
Book SynopsisWhen "24" exploded onto TV screens in 2001, "Time" magazine called it one of the 'Best Television Events of the Decade'. "24" has gone on to establish itself as groundbreaking and controversial entertainment that has changed the face of television. Each season of "24" traces the events of a single day in the life of CTU Field Agent Jack Bauer. Racing against the clock, Bauer battles assassination attempts, germ warfare and terrorist factions to 'save the day'. "24" presents the nail-biting events of each day through its use of split-screen and 'real-time' devices. Dramatically explosive and visually dynamic, "24" taps into a global sense of uncertainty and suspicion with its provocative depiction of America's role on the world stage and of terrorist activity and political double-dealing. "Reading '24'" is the first book to bring together critical discussions of "24" from a wide range of perspectives. Entertaining and illuminating, the book looks in detail at the creative and controversial features of "24". It considers, for example, "24"'s stylistic innovations, its engagement post 9/11 with the 'War on Terror', and its masking of identities. The pioneering spirit of the show is matched by the original arguments on display here, celebrating and censuring "24" - TV on the edge.Trade ReviewLIBRARY JOURNAL 'This is a two-fisted double shot of polysyllabic PhD works. Recommended only for academic pop culture and media collections.'SOUTHERN DAILY ECHOReading 24 - TV Against the Clock is a scholarly work that is proving popular with fans of the series as well as those planning to write a thesis on the influence of Bauer.- Kate Thompson
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Makeover Television: Realities Remodelled
Book SynopsisWith the explosion of reality television onto screens and schedules worldwide, this timely and original book explores makeover tv, the ubiquitous reality format that has received little critical attention to date. Top writers and scholars take discussion of reality tv to the next level with lively examination of a wide range of contemporary makeover shows, such as "Extreme Makeover", "The Swan", "Faking It", "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", and "The Apprentice", that ultimately speak to television's own enduring ability to reinvent itself. The book is organized around the overarching argument that contemporary makeover programming provides the paradigmatic example of reality television's far-reaching prominence and mass appeal, an appeal that lies in "powers of transformation' or televisual performance that tries not only to capture reality but to intervene in it, with the ultimate aim of remodelling reality. They examine how makeover programming annexes the private space of the home, transforms the body through surgery and rigorous discipline, recreates aspects of social identity and consumer lifestyle, and changes ordinary persons into celebrities and celebrities into ordinary persons.Trade ReviewFEMINIST REVIEW'This is an interesting collection providing thought-provoking insights into what is actually being made over by the television makeover...a worthy and worthwhile collection.'- Elaine Beale
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Hurst & Co. Religious Broadcasting in the Middle East
Book SynopsisNew media flows have sparked a boom of Muslim, Christian and Jewish religious channels in the Middle East. This is a close content analysis of the impact on religious broadcasting in the Middle East. It examines how the highly charged political and religious ferment in the Middle East plays out in the media
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Reporting Disasters: Famine, Aid, Politics and
Book SynopsisThe media reporting of the Ethiopian Famine in 1984-5 was an iconic news event. It is widely believed to have had an unprecedented impact, challenging perceptions of Africa and mobilising public opinion and philanthropic action in a dramatic new way. The contemporary international configuration of aid, media pressure, and official policy is still directly affected and sometimes distorted by what was - - as this narrative shows - - also an inaccurate and misleading story. In popular memory, the reporting of Ethiopia and the resulting humanitarian intervention were a great success. Yet alternative interpretations give a radically different picture of misleading journalism and an aid effort which did more harm than good. Using privileged access to BBC and Government archives, Reporting Disasters ex- amines and reveals the internal factors which drove BBC news and offers a rare case study of how the media can affect public opinion and policymaking. It constructs the process that accounts for the immensity of the news event, following the response at the heart of government to the pressure of public opinion. And it shows that while the reporting and the altruistic festival that it produced triggered remarkable and identifiable changes, the on- going impact was not what the conventional account claims it to have been.Trade Review'Expertly illustrating the relationship between media, NGOs, public opinion and the developing world, the book is an essential reading for students of journalism, development, media and communications. The accessible writing style and captivating narrative make it a great read for everyone interested in media reporting of the developing world and global humanitarianism, issues that are as timely now as they were in 1984.' * Media, Culture & Society *'Franks delves beyond the face of the images found in Michael Buerk's report to address the integral role played by the realm of communications, emphasising how the degree to which a news story permeates society depends on the medium used, and the even more profound topic of the evolution of media.' * Think Africa Press *'Incorporating internal government and BBC documents with a wealth of interviews with key players, Franks highlights the changing relationship between aid charities and the media, the internal wrangles between broadcasters, and the effect of famine reporting on government policy. The result is a meticulously researched and grippingly written corrective to a widely accepted fallacy.' * Times Higher Education *'Reporting Disasters makes a powerful case for a better understanding of the causes of hunger. Franks shows how the way starving people in Ethiopia were portrayed on TV - the famous 'Biblical famine' of 1984 - distorted the world's response, inspiring aid deliveries that may have done more harm than good. The coverage failed to understand the politics of famine. This is the best kind of history - one that challenges stereotypes and asks uncomfortable questions.' * David Loyn, BBC International Development Correspondent *'The cause and effect relationship between media and policy making in crises continues to be dominated by often ill-informed assumptions more than examination of hard facts from all angles. Suzanne Franks' interviews and access to historical records reveal compelling evidence that often challenges orthodox assumptions that images and powerful TV reporting in particular drive the most appropriate, pro-active policy response. Her important analysis is not unique to humanitarian disasters.' * Nik Gowing, international broadcaster and journalist *'This is the compelling life story of a transformational news event. Famine footage from Ethiopia allied to the pop star glamour of Live Aid confirmed the predominance of television news and changed the aid business for ever. Thirty years on, with fresh revelations from inside Government and the BBC, Suzanne Franks' study takes on contemporary significance as TV news and overseas aid confront potentially disabling new challenges.' * Peter Gill, journalist and author of Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia Since Live Aid *'This fascinating book is a must-read for anyone with an interest in the enduring effects on the aid industry of the nexus of global politics, celebrity and the media of the mid-1980s. Franks' sweeping narrative offers an unprecedented, detailed insight into events which were to define a generation's view of Africa in the wake of Michael Buerk's iconic 1984 television news report about the Ethiopian famine.' * Leigh Daynes, Executive Director of Medecins du Monde in the UK *'As we approach the thirtieth anniversary of the 1984 famine and the iconic BBC TV film by Michael Buerk and Mohammed Amin, Suzanne Franks provides us with a comprehensive and detailed analysis of how that film came to be made and its profound impacts on the various actors in the humanitarian drama - donors, humanitarian agencies, celebrities and fundraisers, and on the media itself. Using this watershed moment in the media coverage of disasters, she explores the relationship between the media and humanitarian actors, exposing the overlapping and sometimes conflicting interests of journalists and humanitarian agencies and the ways in which they are reconciled - often presenting the public with oversimplifications and occasionally significant misrepresentations. This impressive book is a significant addition to the literature and deserves to become a standard reference in training courses for both journalists and humanitarian workers.' * John Borton, Senior Research Associate, Humanitarian Policy Group, Overseas Development Institute *'A fascinating, thoroughly researched and eminently readable book which makes a major contribution to our understanding of television's impact on politics, policy-makers and audiences. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the relationship between media and politics.' * Steven Barnett, Professor of Communications, University of Westminster *'A hard-headed analysis of the famous reporting [of the 1984-5 Ethiopian Famine] by Michael Buerk, and its consequences. - Franks is able to explain why this well-crafted report made such waves, when previous TV documentary and radio reports on famine in Ethiopia broadcast as much as a year earlier did not. For students of journalism and for all those who want to understand how Africa has struggled for years to be reported properly and with the subtlety and depth we expect of Western culture, Reporting Disasters will be a rich and worthwhile read.' * Fiona Chesterton, LSE Review of Books. *'The book is analytically rigorous and does not pull its punches, taking the reader through the development of the famine and its reporting. ... This is an important book, not just for the study of the Ethiopian famine, the role of NGOs and media coverage of humanitarianism, but for the study of the framing of Africa in the media and popular opinion. It should be on reading lists for courses on foreign reporting, African studies and communications.' * Keith Somerville, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London and Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations and the Centre for Journalism at the University of Kent *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Language of Journalism: A Multi-genre Perspective
Book SynopsisThe Language of Journalism aims to provide an accessible, wide-ranging introductory textbook for a range of students. The book explores the significance of a range of linguistic practices occurring in journalism, demonstrating and facilitating the use of analysis in aiding professional journalistic and media practice. The book introduces the differences in language conventions that develop across media platforms. It covers all the key journalistic mediums available today, including sport, online and citizen journalism alongside the more standard chapters on magazine, newspaper and broadcast journalism. Clearly written and structured, this will be a key text for journalism students.Trade ReviewThe Language of Journalism's impressive theoretical analysis will satisfy the most demanding scholar, while its clarity of purpose and expression will also enlighten those new to the subject. Higgins and Smith's critical analysis is clearly linked to appropriate and interesting empirical examples; extraordinarily useful for scholars, teachers and students. The book is essential reading for any serious student of the power of language and its use within all aspects of journalism. -- Mick Temple, Professor of Journalism & Politics, Staffordshire University, UK, Co-editor, Journalism Education; Co-convener, Media & Politics Group, PSAThis book is a pleasure to read. Its pages brim with ideas that will challenge students and professors alike. The authors are to be commended for their critical appraisal of the language of journalism. Readers are brought to the core of understanding journalism with a focus on the place of language in how stories are built and understood. Key concepts and the techniques of language and discourse analysis are outlined before the authors dissect the role of language in broadcast, print and online journalism. They make a very strong case for why language is central to unraveling the conundrum of what we understand journalism to be today. -- Kevin Rafter, Senior Lecturer in Political Communication & Associate Dean for Research, Dublin City University, IrelandThrough rich analysis of examples from contemporary journalism, this book does an excellent job of introducing readers to analysis of journalistic language. The authors achieve the difficult task of introducing readers to discourse analysis while also remaining firmly focused on the value of that in understanding our media, from the way live news achieves its appeal to how readers of consumer magazines are invited to make sense of themselves. Above all, the book gives readers a wide range of tools to think in greater depth about the way journalism’s textual practice constructs versions of our world. -- Donald Matheson, Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Canterbury, NZAngela Smith and Dr. Michael Higgins explore the media’s use of language to purposely and inadvertently maintain the societal status quo. The chapters are clearly organized with plenty of subheadings throughout and a labeled conclusion, which, again, could be helpful for students. It would be a good reading for use in an introductory media and society course…It, thus, provides a useful contribution to our academic field. -- Alyssa Appelman, Pennsylvania State University * Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1.Introduction: Why should we study the language of journalism? 2.Broadcast Journalism 3.Magazine Journalism 4.Newspaper Journalism 5.Sports Journalism 6.Online and Citizen Journalism Bibliography Index
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Oneworld Publications Journalism: A Beginner's Guide
Book SynopsisJournalism today is moving faster than ever before. With web 2.0, blogging, huge media conglomerates, 24-hour news-networks, and tight legal frameworks, this introduction investigates the role of journalism in the digital age. With priorities shifting, do journalists still strive for truth or are they solely concerned with "infotainment" – driven by sales and ratings? This captivating guide explains the history of journalism, its everyday workings, and the ethical dilemmas that modern journalists face.
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Springer London Ltd Digital Media: The Future
Book SynopsisThis volume presents state-of-the-art research from a wide area of subjects brought about by the digital convergence of computing, television, telecommunications and the World-Wide Web. It represents a unique snapshot of trends across a wide range of subjects including virtual environments; virtual reality; telepresence; human-computer interface design; interactivity; avatars; and the Internet. Both researchers and practitioners will find it an invaluable source of reference.Table of ContentsNew Media Technologies: The European Perspective (Eric Badiqu).- From Web-Site to On-Line Presence: From Internet to Information Society (Peter Thomas).- Human Computer Interaction with Global Information Spaces - Beyond Data Mining (Jim Thomas et al).- Transparent Access to Video Over the Web: A Review of Current Approaches (Peter J. Macer).- Ubiquitous Communications and Media: Steps Towards a Wearable Learning Tool (Nick Dyer et al).- Grafting the User Interface onto Reality (David Johnston et al).- Challenges for the World-Wide Web Graphics Web - FRA Hopgood Watermarking of Digital Images - Current Techniques and Future Prospects (Roger Green et al).- An Evolving Vision of Sound: An Intuitive User Interface for Creative Control of Complex Musical Objects (P.J. Comerford et al).- Integrating Paper and Digital Documents (Heather Brown).- Smart Documents with ActiveX 3D Data Visualisation Components (Michael Jern).- 3D Fashion Design and The Virtual Catwalk (Pascal Volino et al).- Artificial Garments for Synthetic Humans in Global Retailing (G.K. Stylios).- CATS: A Multimedia Tool for Scenographic Simulation in Theatre and TV - (F. Martinez et al).- Interpretation and Performance Assessment of Actors Representations in Virtual Rehearsals (I.J. Palmer).- Real-Time Virtual Humans (Norman Badler et al).- Dialogue Design for a Virtual Interactive Presenter (Marc Cavazza).- Virtual Humans Behaviour: Individuals, Groups and Crowds (Daniel Thalmann et al).- An Inhabited 3D Oil Platform for Immersive CSCW (Roland M. Banks).- 3D Virtual Community Building Applications in the PANAIVE Architecture (Chris Flerackers et al).- Telepresence - The Future of Telephony (Graham Walker).- A Journey to the Hemispheric User Interface - Creative and Technical Achievements (Janice Webster).
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Rivers Oram Press Looking at Class
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Black Rose Books Beyond Hypocrisy: Decoding the News in an Age of
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Eye Books News of the World
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Island Princess
Book SynopsisThe Island Princess is a tragicomic romance set in the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Fletcher rewrites Shakespeare's The Tempest through the encounter of Islam and Christianity and the fierce European competition for wealth at the farthest reaches of empire. The play also stages the degeneration of religious tolerance into fanaticism. This ground-breaking edition explores the play in its gendered, political, social and religious contexts whilst also finding its resonances for a twenty-first century audience. The critical introduction and on-page commentary notes create an ideal teaching text giving a comprehensive account of the play from both literary and performance perspectives.Trade ReviewClare McManus has produced a fine edition of this important play, which has emerged from neglect in recent years. The text has been authoritatively established; the notes are always helpful; and the introduction, in line with this series, is serious, useful and a pleasure to read. -- Andrew Hadfield, University of Sussex * Around the Globe *Clare McManus's edition is to a large extent organised around what she sees as the play's 'striking topicality in the post-9/11 moment' ... [and] McManus works hard to ground the play's native characters in Islamic culture. * London Review of Books *I gladly recommend McManus’ edition of his work […] I am pleased to see a new, scholarly, well-annotated edition of this old work. -- Kenneth Tucker, Murray State University * The Shakespeare Newsletter *Table of ContentsIntroduction - The Island Princess - Appendices - Further Reading - Index
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Clarus Press Ltd Social Networking: Law, Rights and Policy
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Hansib Publications Limited Communication, Power And Change In The Caribbean
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New Internationalist Publications Ltd The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media
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Association for Scottish Literary Studies Poets of the People's Journal: Newspaper Poetry
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Cinema's Melodramatic Celebrity: Film, Fame, and
Book SynopsisChallenging the study of both celebrity and the cinema, Mandy Merck argues that modern fame and film melodrama are part of the same worldview, one that cannot resolve the relation of personal worth to social esteem. Tracing the history of this conundrum back to the philosophy of the seventeenth century and the theatre of the eighteenth, she demonstrates its convergence in stage melodrama and its intensification in the Hollywood star system. Are today’s celebrities worth our attention? In that demand for judgement and the hope for its visual guidance, the melodramatic imagination survives – permeating not only fiction film, but documentary, the artist’s film, and our self-exhibition on social media. Examining a range of classical and contemporary films from Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (1931) to Laura Poitras’s Citizenfour (2014) , the many remakes of A Star Is Born, the compulsory exhibitionism of political celebrity and the unmasking of whistle-blowers, Merck illustrates the ways in which the cinema constantly restages the moral evaluation of prominent individuals, whether they are actors, artists, politicians or activists.Trade ReviewThe book makes a worthwhile study for a diverse range of readers—it is indicated not only for an academic audience, but also for cinephiles who would enjoy a pleasant read recalling the moments of every film and its celebrity’s anecdotes addressed in the book. * Comparative Cinema *It was an exhilarating read, in its hugely impressive range of references, the unexpected connections it made, and the wide range of films it considered. This is a major study which advances the theorization of melodrama, celebrity culture, and the relationship between the two. -- Sue Thornham, Professor of Media and Film Studies , University of Sussex, UKHere is one of the most astute uses of melodrama theory to analyze popular fiction film, documentary, and television as well as events in popular circulation to have been produced in recent years. It is a work of subtle wit and sharp insight that carries over a tradition at the same time that it supplements it significantly. -- Jane Gaines, Professor of Film, University of Columbia, USAMandy Merck’s exploration of the charms and pitfalls of a self-worth to be gained through the public attention celebrity affords in our media saturated culture is truly an eye-opener. Witty yet scrupulous in its analysis of texts ranging from Rousseau’s theatrical melodrama Pygmalion to Dreiser’s stardom novel Sister Carrie, from the renown tramp in Chaplin’s City Lights to royal prestige in Frears’ The Queen, and culminating in the news notoriety of former congressman Anthony Wiener and whistleblower Edward Snowden, it dissects the long cultural history that has made fame such an interesting thing – on the page, the stage, the screen and in politics. -- Elisabeth Bronfen, author of Crossmappings. On Visual CultureTable of ContentsTOC List of Figures Acknowledgements 1. Personal Worth and Public Attention 2. The Drama of a Recognition: City Lights 3. Imitations of Celebrity 4. Women’s Pictures 5. Melotrauma 6. Melodrama, Celebrity, The Queen 7. Home from the Hill: Weiner 8. Unmasked: Hacktivism, Anonymity and Celebrity Notes References Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Channel 4: A History: from Big Brother to The
Book SynopsisThis book covers a dramatic decade in the fortunes of Britain’s quirkiest broadcaster. It opens in 2009, with the realisation that Channel 4’s biggest money spinner, Big Brother, had become a toxic asset and would have to be discarded, at the same time as advertising revenues were shrinking in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. Maggie Brown’s compelling narrative, which draws on interviews with key players in Channel 4’s story and unique access to the broadcaster’s archives, takes us inside the boardroom battles, changes in senior management and commissioning teams, interventions by the media regulator Ofcom, and the channel’s response to a rapidly-changing media and political landscape. Brown describes how the channel, under its new chief executive David Abraham, successfully fought off the threat of privatisation, which became a reality after the Conservatives’ general election victory in 2015. The price for remaining publicly funded was a substantial relocation of Channel 4’s operations, with Leeds announced in 2018 as a new ‘regional hub’. The Channel 4 story is also one of ambitious and innovative programming, with a new director of content, Jay Hunt, instigating radical changes in commissioning and scheduling. Brown traces programming hits and losses during this period, with the departure to competitors of celebrity chefs, Black Mirror and Charlie Brooker, horse racing and Formula 1, and a reappraisal of the remit of institutions such as Channel 4 News and Film 4. But there were successes too, with the 2012 Paralympics helping to restore a public service sheen, and new programmes such as Gogglebox in 2013 connecting with younger audiences, and, in 2016, the coup of taking The Great British Bake Off from its home at the BBC.Trade ReviewAs enthralling as the best Channel 4 drama and as searching as the best of its documentaries, this is the definitive account of a unique British institution's difficult, dramatic second act. -- Andrew Billen, Feature Writer, The Times, UKMaggie Brown has done it again. She has breathed life into years of complex negotiations and hugely difficult decisions that went on trying to keep Channel 4 intact in its original form against strong political and financial pressures. A major achievement, as well as a terrific read. It's an important record of the most turbulent time in the Channel's history. -- Roger Graef OBE, filmmaker and founding Board Member of C4Everyone in British television talked to Maggie Brown and this account of the key years of Channel 4’s history is as thorough, detailed and meticulously reported as you would expect from her notebook. Told with her eye for juicy detail and ability to pick out the big narrative, it is as compelling for its revelations of the behind the scenes backstabbing as the onscreen drama. Whether you were there or not, Maggie saw and heard it all. -- Janine Gibson, Assistant Editor, Financial TimesTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Alex Mahon and Ian Katz - New Brooms Appointed, and the Relocation Decision 2. No Escape From Big Brother’s Embrace Yet 3. Radio Adventure 4. The Rise of Fixed Rigs 5. Channel 4’s Online adventures 2007-2010 6. The Andy Duncan Sacking. Luke Johnson over ruled. 7. The David Abraham appointment 8. After Chucking Out Chintz, and Bidding For Channel Five 9. The Challenge as Abraham picks Jay 10. Jay Hunt in charge 11. Attack The Hunt - Advertising Revolt Foiled 2011-13/14 12. Gogglebox and Success, Factual and Onwards 13. Paralympics 14. Racing 15. Data 2010-2017 and how 4oD became All 4 but not all right. 16. Drama Hopes Dashed 17. Comedy and no Black Mirror 18. Film4 19. News 20. Current Affairs 21. Privatisation 22. 2016 – The Great British Bake Off snatch, the Hunt for CEO? 23. The Big Move North 24. Conclusion
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Editions L'Harmattan J. G. Fichte Discours à la nation allemande
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Palgrave Macmillan The Literary Journalist as a Naturalist
Book Synopsis1. Introduction: Urgency and its Downfalls: How Have We Covered Nature and Have We Done it Right?.- 2. Anna Krien's Into The Woods and how to report on Environmental Activism.- 3. John Joseph Mathews: The Blackjack Discourse' of an Osage Naturalist.- .4. Edible Armageddon. Insect Superheroes and Other Villains.-5. Toward an Activist Aesthetic of Environmental Literary Journalism: Deep and Social Ecology in Thoreau, Carson, and Jenkins.-6. The Bitter Taste of Extinction: Writing the Environmental Crisis Through Food.-7. Silent Spring: the rise of the environmental movement.-8. Alive to the slow terror of the megadams: The literary journalism of Jacques Leslie's Deep Water.-9. Revisiting places and people: how immersion and cohesion are created in Danish digital longform journalism that deals with climate change.- 10. Environmental activism and resistance in Latin America: Literary journalism's portrayal of the struggle of environmental leaders.- 11. An Ecologist's Personal Investigation: Sandra Steingraber on Danger, Ecology, and Writing.- 12. How Marjory Stoneman Douglas Saved Environmental Reporting (and maybe the Everglades).- 13.The Naturalist as Literary Journalist: David Attenborough's sixty years of documentary film-making.- 14.Interviewing Nature: The Dangers and Delights of the Pathetic Fallacy and Anthropomorphism in Nature Writing and Environmental Journalism.- 15. Thanatos syndrome: Literary forms in Domoslawski's Death in the Amazon.- 16. It's Personal: Women's Writing on Weather Disaster in the Context of Climate Crisis in Australia.- 17. The Big Picture and the Small Scene: Anna Tsing's Assemblages vs. Paul Engle's Workshop, and the Nature In Between.
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Palgrave Macmillan The Nation in the Time of the Pandemic
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Palgrave Macmillan Emoji Pragmatics
Book SynopsisChapter 1: Introduction.- PART 1: A PROPOSAL OF EMOJI PRAGMATICS.- Chapter 2: Pragmatics and cyberpragmatics.- Chapter 3: Pragmatic functions of emojis.- Chapter 4: Pragmatics of verbal content vs. pragmatics of emoji.- Chapter 5: Inferring from emojis: From propositions to feelings/emotions.- PART 2: EMOJIS AND THEIR CONTEXTS.- Chapter 6: Emojis and their users: A review of demographic variables.- Chapter 7: Emojis on interfaces: Emoji use across apps/sites and their affordances.- Chapter 8: Emojis and their topics: Several areas of emoji use.- Chapter 9: Concluding remarks.
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Palgrave Macmillan How Social Media has Transformed Journalism
Book SynopsisChapter 1: The influence of social media on journalism’s transformation.- Chapter 2: Journalism between continuity and change.- Chapter 3: Journalism as discursive practice.- Chapter 4: Justifying the autonomy of journalism.- Chapter 5: Evaluating the worth of journalists.- Chapter 6: Journalists and others: qualification of relations.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.
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Springer International Publishing AG The Rise of Hedge Fund Control
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Palgrave Macmillan Media Ecology for the 21st Century
Book SynopsisChapter 1: The Brave New World of Media Ecology.- Chapter 2: Transformative Power of Media in Shaping Society.- Chapter 3: Media Ecology Theory: The Evolution of Media Environments.- Chapter 4: Quantum Media Theory: Rethinking Media in the Age of Entanglement.- Chapter 5: Cultural Media Theory:Media as aCultural Force.- Chapter 6: Technological Determinism Theory: Media as a Driver of Social Change.- Chapter 7: Algorithmic Media Theory.- Chapter 8: Networked Motivations and Human Gratifications Theory.- Chapter 9: Participatory Media Theory.- Chapter 10: Attention Economy Theory.- Chapter 11: Propaganda Theory: Propaganda as the Foundation of Public Discourse.- Chapter 12: Ambient Media Theory and Its Place in Media Studies.- Chapter 13: Posthumanism and Digital Embodiment Theory.- Chapter 14: Gestalt Media Theory – A Comprehensive Framework.- Chapter 15: Enhanced Learning and Education for the Quantum Age.- Chapter 16: Media Theories Still Worth Noting.
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Palgrave Macmillan The RICHMOND ENQUIRER and the Haitian Revolution
Book Synopsis1. The Richmond Enquirer’s Influence in Early National Politics.- 2. Thomas Ritchie, the Richmond Enquirer, and Human Enslavement in the South.- 3. The Richmond Enquirer’s Early Coverage of the Haitian Revolution.- 4. The Richmond Enquirer Supports Trade with Haiti.- 5. Ritchie’s Racism? The Enquirer and Haiti’s 1805 Constitution.- 6. The Richmond Enquirer and the Debate over Missouri’s Admission to the Union.- 7. The Richmond Enquirer Reports the Haitian Republic’s Annexation of Santo Domingo.- 8. The Richmond Enquirer Supports Haiti’s Annexation of Santo Domingo.- 9. Ritchie, the Aftermath of Boyer’s Consolidation of Power, and the Myth of Obsessive Southern Opposition to the Haitian Revolution.- 10. Conclusion: The Significance of Ritchie’s Perspective on the Haitian Revolution.- 11. Epilogue: Beyond Ritchie: The Richmond Enquirer versus the Abolitionist Press.
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Palgrave Macmillan The Materiality of Digital Comics
Book SynopsisChapter 1: Introduction.- PART I: A Material Model of Digital Comics.- Chapter 2: What Are Digital Comics?.- Chapter 3: Six Core Elements of Digital Comics’ Materialities.- Chapter 4: An Integrated Model.- PART II: Contexts for Material Considerations.- Chapter 5: Economics.- Chapter 6: Histories.- Chapter 7: Geographies.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Critical Political Economy of AI
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De Gruyter Handbuch Künstliche Intelligenz Und Die Künste
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de Gruyter Korrigieren Eine Kulturtechnik
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Walter de Gruyter Comics Studies x Gender Studies
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De Gruyter Epistemologien der Geste
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De Gruyter De Gruyter Handbook of Media Psychology
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Walter de Gruyter Game Over Eine Theorie Des Spielakts
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de Gruyter Grenzen Der Künste Im Digitalen Zeitalter
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de Gruyter Gehörte Geschichten
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Walter de Gruyter Erasing and Rewriting in Manuscript Cultures
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Kohlhammer W. Die Kommunikationsmodelle für das 21. Jahrhundert
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Bohlau Verlag Zeitzeuge eines Jahrhunderts: Eine
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Springer International Publishing AG Carbon Capitalism and Communication: Confronting Climate Crisis
Book SynopsisThis volume examines the role of communication in contributing to and contesting the current climate crisis. There is now widespread agreement that even if increases in carbon emissions are kept to the current international target the climate crisis will continue to intensify. This book brings together, for the first time, state-of-the-art research with activists’ interventions to place debate around climate crisis within the wider conversation about the changing relations between communications and contemporary capitalism. Contributors include; Naomi Klein, Michael Mann, Alan Rusbridger, Vincent Mosco, Jodi Dean, and leading figures in Greenpeace and 350.org.Table of Contents1: Introduction: Carbon, Capitalism, Communication by Graham Murdock.- Section One: Communication and Carbon Capitalism: Contested Futures .- Chapter 2: Fighting for science against climate change deniers’ propaganda By Professor Michael Mann, Pennsylvania State University.- Chapter 3: Naomi Klein Talks about Capitalism Vs. The Climate, An interview with Naomi Klein by Professor Christopher Wright, University of Sydney.- Section Two: Toxic Technologies: Media Machines and Ecological Crisis. - Chapter 4: Digital technology and the environment: Challenges for green citizenship and environmental organizations, By Professor Richard Maxwell, Queens College and Professor Toby Miller, University of Loughborough.- Chapter 5: Digital desires: Mediated consumerism and climate crisis by Professor Justin Lewis, Cardiff University.- Chapter 6: From “waste village” to “urban circular economic system”: The changing landscape of waste in Beijing by Professor Xin Tong, Peking University.- Chapter 7: Big data, open data and the climate risk market By Jo Bates, University of Sheffield.- Chapter 8: The next Internet By Emeritus Professor Vincent Mosco, Queen’s University.- Section Three: Corporate Captures: PR Strategies and Promotional Gambits.- Chapter 9: Greenwashing in the experience of the Greenwashing Index, An interview with Kim Sheehan, University of Oregon.- Chapter 10: Spin and propaganda: The fossil fuel industry in Australia By David McKnight, University of New South Wales and Mitchell Hobbs, University of Sydney.- Chapter 11: Bearing witness and the logic of celebrity in the struggle over Canada’s oil/tar Sands By Patrick McCurdy, University of Ottawa.- Chapter 12: Nothing but truthiness: public discourses on the Adani Carmichael mine in Australia By Benedetta Brevini, University of Sydney and Terry Woronov, University of Sydney.- Section Four: Communications and Campaigning: Oppositions and Refusals.- Chapter 13: The anamorphic politics of climate change By Professor Jodi Dean, Hobart and William Smith Colleges.- Chapter 14: Journalism, climate communication and media alternatives By Professor Robert A. Hackett, Simon Fraser University and Shane Gunster, Simon Fraser University.- Chapter 15: “Keep it in the Ground” An interview with Alan Rusbridger, former editor The Guardian by Benedetta Brevini, University of Sydney.- Chapter 16: Mobilising on climate change: the experience of Greenpeace An interview with David Ritter, President Greenpeace Australia by Benedetta Brevini, University of Sydney.- Chapter 17: Green campaigns: challenges, opportunities and 350.org An interview with Blair Palese, CEO of 350.org Australia.- Chapter 18: Conclusion One Month in the Life of the Planet -Carbon Capitalism and the Struggle for the Commons.
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Springer International Publishing AG Locating Nordic Noir: From Beck to The Bridge
Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive study of Nordic Noir television drama from the 1990’s until today. The authors introduce the history of contemporary Nordic Noir from the perspective of place, production and location studies. The chapters include readings of well-known television crime dramas such as Beck, The Killing, Trapped and The Bridge as well as a range of other important Nordic Noir cases. The authors position the development of Nordic Noir in the global market for popular television drama and place the international attention towards Nordic crime dramas within regional development of drama production in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland. Consequently, Nordic Noir is read as both a transnational financial and creative phenomenon and as a local possibility for community building. Offering a comprehensible, scholarly and methodologically original approach to the popularity of Nordic television crime dramas, this volume is aimed at readers with an interest in crime drama as well as scholars and students of television drama.Trade Review“An important resource for scholars in multiple disciplines, the book brings together in one place a great deal of important information. … The primary audience is those interested in television and film production: the book provides data and firsthand accounts and synthesizes that information into a persuasive narrative of development and forecast.” (Rosemary Erickson Johnsen, Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 91 (3), 2019)Table of Contents1. Introduction: Where is Nordic Noir?.- 2. Part I: Local colour and location studies - Local colour and places on screen.- 3. Location studies: a topography of Nordic noir.- 4. Four perspectives on the Nordic region.- 5. Part II: From bestsellers to blockbusters - Stieg Larsson and Scandinavian crime literature as a stepping stone.- 6. Beck and character adaptations.- 7. Funding models and increasing transnationalism.- 8. Part III: Written for the Danish screen - The Killing and DR’s Danish model.- 9. Norskov and Danish commercial public service drama.- 10. The Team, Danish transnationalism and the local colour of Europe.- 11. Part IV: Written for the Nordic screen - Blue Eyes and the rise of the Swedish original.- 12. Trapped and original Noir from Iceland and Norway.- 13. The Bridge, transnational co-productions and screen tourism.- 14. Conclusion: Nordic Noir beyond the Nordic.
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Evangelische Verlagsansta Ambivalente Beziehungen
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